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There’s always a bit of jostling when a member of a political party decides to enter into a primary contest against an incumbent, but the race in Iowa’s 3rd District only began a few weeks ago and candidates are already exchanging blows. On Tuesday, challenger Ed Fallon pledged to support the winning 3rd District candidate [...]

The following press release just landed in my inbox: Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, the most outspoken advocate in the Presidential field and in Congress for election integrity, paper-ballot elections, and campaign finance reform, has sent a letter to the New Hampshire Secretary of State asking for a recount of Tuesday’s election because of “unexplained [...]

Hello, everyone! It’s 6:30 p.m. and people are continuing the file in the door of the gymnasium at Vernon Middle School in Marion. It’s difficult to say how many are here tonight as more than one precinct is sharing the area. 6:38 p.m. — I’d estimate that there are 300 people in the room right [...]

… Iowans are having flashbacks to 2004. During the 2004 caucus, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich instructed his supporters to join forces with then North Carolina Sen. John Edwards if they were not viable at the precinct level. Many credited the influx of support from Kucinich with propelling Edwards to a second place finish in Iowa [...]

… Iowa phones are ringing off the hook. Several odd poll-type phone calls have been hitting households in eastern Iowa. One of the calls begins by asking if the recipient thinks favorably of President George W. Bush. Regardless of the response, the next question is if the individual plans to attend the Republican caucus. If [...]

… retail politics is just another synonym for family. Barack Obama’s mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, and sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, were walking through neighborhoods in snowy eastern Iowa Saturday afternoon. The pair was canvassing door-to-door on behalf of their family member, the Illinois Senator. Afterward, they delivered at least three signed supporter cards to headquarters. Obama’s wife, [...]

I’ve been sick the past few days. Since there was no power and a half-inch of ice all around, it wasn’t such a horrible time to be out of sorts, but I still missed a great deal while I wasn’t on the computer and checking email. This catch-up posting on the Democratic presidential hopefuls will [...]

Seven Democratic presidential hopefuls converged in Des Moines Tuesday afternoon to take part in the first audio-only debate of the campaign hosted by Iowa Public Radio and broadcast nationally by National Public Radio. While front-running candidates exchanged a few swipes on the three issues discussed, and have had their words broadly publicized since the debate, [...]

I had planned on attending the Heartland Presidential Forum in Des Moines today, but the weather didn’t cooperate. We began heading west on I-80 only to hit a solid sheet of ice. Still, we continued to truck along until we saw a van that appeared to have flipped off the top of an overpass and [...]

Delaware Sen. Joe Biden has popped up another rung in race for Iowa legislative endorsements with today’s announcement that Iowa Rep. Mary Gaskill of Ottumwa has thrown support behind his presidential campaign. The endorsement brings Biden’s total to 13, two behind the campaign for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, which has 15. New York Sen. Hillary [...]